Hermann albbecht



(No Model) H. ALBRECHT. IQE GHIPBING TOOL.

No. 296,501. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN ALBRECHT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THEAMERICAN MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ICE-CHIPPING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,501, dated April 8,1884.

Application filed February 6, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN ALBRECHT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in [ceGhipping Tools, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists, mainly, of an icepick in which a guard, handle,and blade are combined, substantially in the manner describedhereinafter, the object of the implement being to chip from blocks ofice, without pnlverizing the same, fragments approximating to uniformityin size. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved ice-pick; Fig. 2, a vertical section; and Fig. 3 a rear view,looking in the direction of the arrow,

Fig. 2.

The improved ice-pick consists of three main parts-namely, the guard A,preferably made of castiron, and the handle B and blade 1), secured tothe guard, the latter being composed of the bar a; and pendent flange b,which, for economical reasons, I generally cast in one piece with thebar. character best observed in Fig. 3, extends through this flange,which is strengthened at the edges by ribs 0 c, and the flange ispreferably curved outward at and near its lower edge, as shown in Figs.1 and 2. The blade is secured to the front edge of the bar a, and has anumber of sharp chipping-teeth, e-f0ur in the present instance.

In using the implement it is grasped by the handle and struck forciblydownward, so that the chipping-teeth will be brought into violentcontact with the block :0 of ice at a dis- An opening, d, of the tancefrom the edge of the block determined by the distance between the flangeb of the guard and the blade D, fragments approximating to uniformity insize being thus chipped from the block without pulverizing the ice, andthese fragments, or the greater portion of them, passing through theopening d of the guard, and being directed by the flange 6 onto a trayor into a bowl or other suitable receptacle.

The blade may have a single chippingtooth; but, for obvious reasons, itis better to provide it with a number of teeth, as shown. Simple prongs,moreover, may be substituted for the flange b of the guard, and thechipping of fragments from the block of ice may be effected withoutmaking an opening, d, in the flange. The opening may, for instance, bein the bar c at the top of the space between the flange b and blade D.

I claim as my invention- 1. An ice-pick in which aguard, A, handle B,and blade D, provided with one or more chipping-teeth, are combined,substantially in the manner set forth. a

2. The combination of the guard A, having an opening, cl, and curvedflange b, with the handle B and blade D, attached to the guard,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN ALBRECHT.

lVitnesses:

J onn M. CLAYTON,

HARRY SMITH.

